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What I now ask of you is military success , and I will risk the dictatorship . ” To the complaining General Hunter he admonished , “ He who does something at the head of one Regiment , will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a ...
What I now ask of you is military success , and I will risk the dictatorship . ” To the complaining General Hunter he admonished , “ He who does something at the head of one Regiment , will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a ...
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When , early in the war , General Fremont attempted military emancipation , I forbade it , because I did not then think it an indispensable necessity . When , a little later , General Cameron , then Secretary of War , suggested the ...
When , early in the war , General Fremont attempted military emancipation , I forbade it , because I did not then think it an indispensable necessity . When , a little later , General Cameron , then Secretary of War , suggested the ...
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... Your note of to - day inclosing General Halleck's letter of yesterday relative to offensive remarks supposed to have been made by the Postmaster - General concerning the military officers on duty about Washington is received .
... Your note of to - day inclosing General Halleck's letter of yesterday relative to offensive remarks supposed to have been made by the Postmaster - General concerning the military officers on duty about Washington is received .
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POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To William H Herndon | 16 |
To Stephen A Douglas | 55 |
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| Title | The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | H. Jack Lang |
| Publisher | Greenberg, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 17 Nov 2010 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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